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in 1853 in response to a freight elevator accident in new york city. until that time, elevators were quite common in buildings but typically used just for handling freight. elisha otis -- elijah otis successfully demonstrated the safety device he had created. even of the elevator and he cut the device, and he did not fall. everyone was impressed by that. in 1857, the oldest brother's company installed their first passenger elevator on broadway in new york. believe it or not, many of those first elevators were actually started and stopped by a hand broke. >> what drove those old elevators? what was their motive power? >> in some cases, they might have even been hp. >> and then changed to electric? >> electric cited to come in the 1890's, and that was around the time when the elevator stopped from material handling and started to be used more frequently for passengers. in 1878, there was a demonstration of the other thing that allowed architects to build taller buildings was the advent of a higher quality steel manufacturing. in 19003, the first producti
in 1853 in response to a freight elevator accident in new york city. until that time, elevators were quite common in buildings but typically used just for handling freight. elisha otis -- elijah otis successfully demonstrated the safety device he had created. even of the elevator and he cut the device, and he did not fall. everyone was impressed by that. in 1857, the oldest brother's company installed their first passenger elevator on broadway in new york. believe it or not, many of those first...
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and that's what new york city did. they first went to the hudson highlands, but 150 years later, it went to the delaware highlands. and really diverted the water that normally went to philadelphia to new york city. i don't think they anticipated that. narrator: the majority of new york city's drinking water comes from watersheds in upstate new york. a watershed is the area of land where water from rain or snow melt drains downhill into a body of water. mountains act as a funnel to feed rivers and lakes. and in this case, reservoirs. in the new york city system, water is collected and stored in 19 reservoirs, which can hold more than a year's supply -- over 580 billion gallons of water. almost all of the system is fed by gravity, without the use of energy-consuming pumps. valves open to regulate the flow into the 85-mile-long delaware aqueduct -- the longest tunnel in the world. at hillview reservoir... the water is partitioned into another giant tunnel system. where it travels deep below manhattan. the pressure built u
and that's what new york city did. they first went to the hudson highlands, but 150 years later, it went to the delaware highlands. and really diverted the water that normally went to philadelphia to new york city. i don't think they anticipated that. narrator: the majority of new york city's drinking water comes from watersheds in upstate new york. a watershed is the area of land where water from rain or snow melt drains downhill into a body of water. mountains act as a funnel to feed rivers...
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. >>> next on book tv, oscar hijuelos talks about growing upl in new york city in the 1950's as the son of cuban immigrantssh and whose subsequent life as a writer. it's about 45 minutes. to be [applause] >> thank you. we are thrilled to be here todas with oscar hijuelos. those of you who know him a probably know him best from one of his eight novels first for latino writer. he has had many milestones since then, has written the most beautiful fiction and now has written about himself in a nonfiction way. oscar hijuelos, thrilled that you are here. why now? why a memoir now? >> there is a short answer and a long answer. the long answer is in my first novel which was called our house in the last world, i talked about the influence on my life when i was coming up and call our house in the last world, that came down to this. i went through some difficulty as a child. i was separated from my family for a year because of illness and i went through a period wed having been interest in the culture and language i found myself suddenly immersed in american culture and language. as my mother woul
. >>> next on book tv, oscar hijuelos talks about growing upl in new york city in the 1950's as the son of cuban immigrantssh and whose subsequent life as a writer. it's about 45 minutes. to be [applause] >> thank you. we are thrilled to be here todas with oscar hijuelos. those of you who know him a probably know him best from one of his eight novels first for latino writer. he has had many milestones since then, has written the most beautiful fiction and now has written about...
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he was an -- >> new york city. [laughter] >> a very steady place. that story is really why wrote this book. i feel very fortunate to have been given the opportunity that i have been given. i don't think there is anything special about me except that i just really love kids in a losing. those two things together are a good combination when it comes to being a principal. and as a result of that i have been offered opportunities to take other jobs, sir run districts. we have some friends who i have already said no tall the superintendent jobs have been offered, even when my good friends text me on christmas eve and say don't say no, just listen first. >> i tested him on christmas eve. i didn't even have the courtesy to say merry christmas, as a family. i tested him and said don't say no because i know he's going to say no. a captain open mind fred least ten of 15 minutes. >> i don't like doing anything as much as i like being a principal. i'm sort today because the s in staff basketball game yesterday which we want. important that tell the children tha
he was an -- >> new york city. [laughter] >> a very steady place. that story is really why wrote this book. i feel very fortunate to have been given the opportunity that i have been given. i don't think there is anything special about me except that i just really love kids in a losing. those two things together are a good combination when it comes to being a principal. and as a result of that i have been offered opportunities to take other jobs, sir run districts. we have some...
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two thousand and eight served at new york city's twenty six thousand restaurants three trans fat. it is up to the state lawn to assure of the food supply is safe to consume a ton of money and know that the only component in our food supply is the cooking oil we should take it out to be sure the health and well being of california. of most. all business owners especially here in california for example we've got and use of lead paint no lead at that. but we know the trans fats that produce the what can we do that as well. told us earlier that modern medicine has failed in preventing the diseases that are affecting us most he says it's because our focus has been on treatments and the treatments are far too expensive. so what we should do now we have to focus our attention we should search why we fail. disagree is create guys will. you talk about dreaming dreaming. big giving paying directly correlated i believe the reason that people not associated food with the disease is because a part of it is they don't understand that what you eat becomes you transfer that in some ways really li
two thousand and eight served at new york city's twenty six thousand restaurants three trans fat. it is up to the state lawn to assure of the food supply is safe to consume a ton of money and know that the only component in our food supply is the cooking oil we should take it out to be sure the health and well being of california. of most. all business owners especially here in california for example we've got and use of lead paint no lead at that. but we know the trans fats that produce the...
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new york city gave their companies a five-year window to implement the changes with percentages every year of how much the fleets had to be moved over to loud speakers. but in san francisco, because we don't have a permitting system like new york city does, we sort of -- we just have to choose a date and we can't phase it in. so last week, i had the opportunity to meet with a policy committee and they made several recommendations, all of which the sponsor is very open to. i'm happy to answer your questions. thank you. president o'brien: commissioners, any questions? >> are you going to include the open-sided vehicles along with open-topped? >> yes, we're talking to the city attorney about changing the wording. >> thank you. president o'brien: commissioner kasselman? commissioner kasselman: do you know the cost? >> they said per bus it's $12,000 to $15,000, so to buy a whole new bus with the system in place, it's like 80,000 to 100,000, but if you're just retro fitting an existing bus, it's around 1 to 15. . >> the same would apply to the guy who goes across the bay bridge? this is a h
new york city gave their companies a five-year window to implement the changes with percentages every year of how much the fleets had to be moved over to loud speakers. but in san francisco, because we don't have a permitting system like new york city does, we sort of -- we just have to choose a date and we can't phase it in. so last week, i had the opportunity to meet with a policy committee and they made several recommendations, all of which the sponsor is very open to. i'm happy to answer...
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the police, the state of new york. the public defender came to me -- this is the craziest part of the situation. the public defender who is there to defend your constitutional rights -- she came in to see me with plastic cause and a surgical mask. i saw her walking around with all the rest of the brothers. i thought maybe she had something that she did not want to give us. [laughter] that is righteous. i respect that. whenever you have to do. then she got me into the interrogation room and she said to me, you say you have education. where did you go to school, high school? public-school of new york. this does that add up. i skipped two grades before college. where did you go to college? how did you pay for college? you went to grad school? how did you pay for law school? what did that have to do with my case? i was just going with the flow. finally, she said to me, it is my professional obligation to inform you -- not only as an attorney but as a registered nurse acting as a dentist -- you may have a bipolar disorder.
the police, the state of new york. the public defender came to me -- this is the craziest part of the situation. the public defender who is there to defend your constitutional rights -- she came in to see me with plastic cause and a surgical mask. i saw her walking around with all the rest of the brothers. i thought maybe she had something that she did not want to give us. [laughter] that is righteous. i respect that. whenever you have to do. then she got me into the interrogation room and she...
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i'm john berman for "nightline" in new york. (announcer) no matter what life throws at you, you can take the heat. 'til ititturns into heartburn, you've got what it takes: zantac. it's strong, fast lasting relief. so let them turn up the heat. you can stop that heartburn cold: (sssssssss!!!) zantac. covergirl trublend has skin twin technology. other makeup can sit on your skin, so it looks like...makeup. but trublend has skin twin technology to actually merge with yur skin. how easy breezy beautiful is tha? trublend...from covergirl. leaving behind ground-in dirt and odors that vacuuming alone can't tackle. but with resolve high traffic foam, you can really see the difference. it removes three times more dirt than vacuuming alone. it also neutralizes odors at their source, so your carpets are clean and fresh every step of the way. nothing revives carpets like resolve high traffic foam. don't just vacuum clean, resolve clean. >>> a man who helped shape countless modern women died today at age 95. you may not know his name, elliot
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she was teaching in advanced health class at a specialty high school in new york city her students were doing research about the use of trans fats in our food so we met up with them to talk about the project. how many people trans fats foods that they thought were healthy really. keep your hands up. i mean i like what you said over here you had a great comment obviously if these words aren't good for you i mean nobody goes and it's a twinkie or big mac thinking it's helpful you know it's not good but this is amazing because this is the thing that really got me was that foods that i thought were healthy foods that i was feeding my two and a half year old daughter at home and that's what really got me upset. over. has been the pulse. oximeter. all these. products and also the hydrogenated oil is everywhere. which is the way it's always the church and i think i need you guys all the time when i'm babysitting and i looked in the back and said they were chance that i was if i see that i've gotten a divorce i think it's the old. spots on all those part of the street would be a lot of. you wou
she was teaching in advanced health class at a specialty high school in new york city her students were doing research about the use of trans fats in our food so we met up with them to talk about the project. how many people trans fats foods that they thought were healthy really. keep your hands up. i mean i like what you said over here you had a great comment obviously if these words aren't good for you i mean nobody goes and it's a twinkie or big mac thinking it's helpful you know it's not...
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>> reporter: this is the center for avian an exotic medicine in new york city. no docks are cats here. just more than 100 other creatures of every possible shape, size and symptom. >> someone's got to do it. and we like doing it. >> reporter: lorilei tibbets is a veterinarian technician. >> thanksgiving dinner is like a joke. you did what to a who? clie clien clients, too. we'll be like, you have to do an enema on a snake -- and they'll be like, what? >> reporter: here, she's prepping sancho for surgery. and here, she's helping hannah, a hedgehog with a lump in her jaw, some anesthesia to make her less prickly. >> this is a face mask that would fit a large dog. but we're using it as a chamber. >> reporter: improvisatatn, huge. veterinary school doesn't exactly focus on many of these guys. >> this really is made for rabbits. >> if you can believe it, they don't make a hedgehog oral restraining device. >> isn't he the cutest thing ever? >> reporter: and there's a good deal of common sense, like dealing with a bound up baby bearded dragon. how do you treat him for
>> reporter: this is the center for avian an exotic medicine in new york city. no docks are cats here. just more than 100 other creatures of every possible shape, size and symptom. >> someone's got to do it. and we like doing it. >> reporter: lorilei tibbets is a veterinarian technician. >> thanksgiving dinner is like a joke. you did what to a who? clie clien clients, too. we'll be like, you have to do an enema on a snake -- and they'll be like, what? >> reporter:...
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new york city's. told us earlier that modern medicine has. the diseases that are affecting us most he says it's because our focus has been on treatments and the treatments are far too expensive. so what we should do it now is to focus our attention we should search why we fail. is greed is created that's what it is you talk about dream it dream it. and getting paid directly correlated. i believe the reason that people not associated food with the disease is because a part of it is they don't understand that what you eat becomes you transfer that in some ways really like ionizing radiation we know that it's very dangerous a million doses of high doses and it's really impossible to say that there's any safe level so i think the sensible thing is really to have no trans fats from partially hydrogenated oils in our diets people forget the major impact the diet has on the public's health it's easy to forget when the food tastes so good kind of foods we're reading are a major cause of obesity heart disease cancer diabetes pro-science tooth decay an
new york city's. told us earlier that modern medicine has. the diseases that are affecting us most he says it's because our focus has been on treatments and the treatments are far too expensive. so what we should do it now is to focus our attention we should search why we fail. is greed is created that's what it is you talk about dream it dream it. and getting paid directly correlated. i believe the reason that people not associated food with the disease is because a part of it is they don't...
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she was teaching in advanced health class at a specialty high school in new york city or students were doing research about the use of trans fats in our food so we met up with them to talk about the project. how many people found trans fats in foods that they thought were healthy. really. keep your hands out i mean i like what you said over here you had a great comment obviously of these who aren't good for you i mean nobody goes and it's a twinkie or big mac thinking it's healthy food you know it's not good but this is amazing because this is the thing that really got me was that foods that i thought were healthy foods that i was feeding my two and a half year old daughter at home and that's what really got me upset. i hope they are far as i can oh no sars has had a pulse. i trust me because i've always. bounced out of science i think i think that i was the hydrogenated was a pretty good which is the way it's always the church. i think grannies and grandes always i want to be was there and i looked in the back and said they were transferred and i was surprised to see that i'd made one
she was teaching in advanced health class at a specialty high school in new york city or students were doing research about the use of trans fats in our food so we met up with them to talk about the project. how many people found trans fats in foods that they thought were healthy. really. keep your hands out i mean i like what you said over here you had a great comment obviously of these who aren't good for you i mean nobody goes and it's a twinkie or big mac thinking it's healthy food you know...
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i've been in, literally, a thousand schools in new york city. no one knows who i am. if there's a media person there, the kids whisper, who's that? so i asked this kid, i said, what's your name? he said, jamal, i said, can you tell me what are you doing here at the excellence academy? well, chancellor, i'm on my way to college, so i'm getting prepare nowd. i said, wait a second, jamal, i said, you're in kindergarten. what do you mean you're on your your way to college? he said, well, you know, chancellor, it's never too young to start thinking about that kind of thing, right? now, when every kid in every classroom in every city starts telling you in kindergarten they're on their way to college, and trust me, this isn't a kid that grew up with a golden spoon in his mouth, that's when it's going to happen. guys like steve perry are going to make it happen because he's not going to put up with the status quo that's denying kids of color who look like him, that's denying them an opportunity at the american dream. there wouldn't be a better country. thank you for doing thi
i've been in, literally, a thousand schools in new york city. no one knows who i am. if there's a media person there, the kids whisper, who's that? so i asked this kid, i said, what's your name? he said, jamal, i said, can you tell me what are you doing here at the excellence academy? well, chancellor, i'm on my way to college, so i'm getting prepare nowd. i said, wait a second, jamal, i said, you're in kindergarten. what do you mean you're on your your way to college? he said, well, you know,...
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new york is the most densely populated city in the u.s. and over 40 million tourists visit the city every year. the 1.3 billion gallons of water required every day are delivered by a system of extraordinary scale and complex engineering. man: water is essential to the economic viability of new york city. reliable infrastructure and reliable delivery of water is a must. you have to reinvest in the infrastructure every single minute to keep it current. hurwitz: we have the stock exchange, we have the united nations -- failure can have a dramatic impact on the nation, and even internationally. so there's a really keen awareness that you always have to be fixing the system. things corrode, they rust. they get to where you turn them on and nothing happens. but it is so totally used in every nook and cranny, that making any accommodation to shut it down, to do something to it, is very difficult. narrator: two massive underground tunnels, called simply tunnel 1 and tunnel 2, provide most of the city's water supply. they run hundreds of feet below
new york is the most densely populated city in the u.s. and over 40 million tourists visit the city every year. the 1.3 billion gallons of water required every day are delivered by a system of extraordinary scale and complex engineering. man: water is essential to the economic viability of new york city. reliable infrastructure and reliable delivery of water is a must. you have to reinvest in the infrastructure every single minute to keep it current. hurwitz: we have the stock exchange, we have...
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and when we're at 76 in new york, i think -- is new york the highest on the board now? it was washington, d.c., but right now the most humid spot in the whole country is right in new york city and that's why those areas, like d.c. and new york have the highest heat index today. it still feels like 94 in central park as you walk outside to start your morning. 88 in boston. it feels like 93 in d.c. without the sun, and that's only equalled by st. louis there and equalled there in the dallas area. today we have the heat warnings in place, that's well advertised all the way from coastal maine down to iryas of coastal north carolina. and back through the midwest. areas that are getting a break today, from detroit northwards up there michigan, you've cooled off. your humidity levels are a little lower. all of upstate new york and vermont and new hampshire, your humidity levels have dropped too along with our friends from the wisconsin and minnesota area. as far as temperatures go, this is just temperature. one thing people don't realize is the temperature's taken in the shade
and when we're at 76 in new york, i think -- is new york the highest on the board now? it was washington, d.c., but right now the most humid spot in the whole country is right in new york city and that's why those areas, like d.c. and new york have the highest heat index today. it still feels like 94 in central park as you walk outside to start your morning. 88 in boston. it feels like 93 in d.c. without the sun, and that's only equalled by st. louis there and equalled there in the dallas area....
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anthey see new york ste, anywhere in the world, it's new york. just say that gay families are the same as straight families. that's something th child will hold on to when they're bullied, hold on to if their parents don't accept them. it will give them hope. >> charlie: senator tom coburn and christine quinn on same sex maiage when we continue. funding focharlie rose was provided by the following: but this isn't just a hollywood storyline. it's happening every day, all across america. every time a storefront opens. or the midnight oil is burned. or when someone chases a dream, not just a dollar. they are small business owners. so if you wanna root for a real hero, support small business. shop small. additional funding provided by these funders: captioning sponsored by rose communications from our studi in new york city, this is charlie rose. >> charlie: tom coburn joins me now from washington, he's a republican senator fro oklahoma. he is known for ing a physical and a social conservative. he was a member of the ga of six, a bipartisan group foc
anthey see new york ste, anywhere in the world, it's new york. just say that gay families are the same as straight families. that's something th child will hold on to when they're bullied, hold on to if their parents don't accept them. it will give them hope. >> charlie: senator tom coburn and christine quinn on same sex maiage when we continue. funding focharlie rose was provided by the following: but this isn't just a hollywood storyline. it's happening every day, all across america....
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he has been president of rockefeller university in new york city sie 2003. hes now leang that post on march 1st to lead an exciti new venture, it called the united kingdom center for research and innovation. among its completion in 25 it will be one of the largest bmedical facilities in the world. he also recently became president, get this, of the royal society london. what honor. this great. >>t is great and it's goods to be here again charlie, good to see you. >> rose: thank you. the reason you have divide divided-- decided to leave one job for another great job is? >> well, firstly, it's a bit bittersweet because rockefeller university, wonderful institution, i've enjoyed my 7 to 8 years in new york and at rockefeller. >> rose: is that all. >> it is extraordinary. >> rose: i remember coming up to see you soon after y had taken the job. >> and it only seems a few days ago, doesn't it. great institution. great research organization. and so i'm feeling a little sad, quite frankly, at leaving new york and leaving all my colleagues here. i do think what i'm g
he has been president of rockefeller university in new york city sie 2003. hes now leang that post on march 1st to lead an exciti new venture, it called the united kingdom center for research and innovation. among its completion in 25 it will be one of the largest bmedical facilities in the world. he also recently became president, get this, of the royal society london. what honor. this great. >>t is great and it's goods to be here again charlie, good to see you. >> rose: thank you....
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in new york city, this is "nightline," july 26th, 2011. >>> good evening, i'm terry moran. and tonight, we're going to bring you a major broadcast exclusive on a scandal that has rocked the globe. a hotel maid in new york city accuses a top banker, dominique strauss-kahn, of sexual assault. but the maid's story, her whole story, in her own words, has not come out until now. she has come forward, out of the shadows, to speak. and joining us now is abc's robin roberts, who's got the compelling first television interview with the maid. for two months she held her silence. she spoke with you, robin. this is the voice that has been missing from this case, really, in public. what did you make of her? >> well, she wants a jury to find out what they make of her, not a reporter, not the public. and she's concerned that that won't happen, and that's part of the reason she came forward, terry. she wawaed to put a face to the story. and as prosecutors are still weighing whether or not to proceed with this case, she's coming forward to give her side of the story of what really happened
in new york city, this is "nightline," july 26th, 2011. >>> good evening, i'm terry moran. and tonight, we're going to bring you a major broadcast exclusive on a scandal that has rocked the globe. a hotel maid in new york city accuses a top banker, dominique strauss-kahn, of sexual assault. but the maid's story, her whole story, in her own words, has not come out until now. she has come forward, out of the shadows, to speak. and joining us now is abc's robin roberts, who's...